recently, my civic started making this faint ticking noise, almost sounds like when you stick a card in a fan, or some sort of metal pinging. its not constant, it only occurs when your foot is slightly touching the gas or coasting, at certain RPMs, or at any RPM over 4k and then stops at 7k. also happens when i clutch and the load is taken off, and then when i release the clutch in the next gear. since its not constant, ive ruled out a spun bearing..could be wrong? i checked the heatshield for moving parts and found nothing. im at a loss of ideas, any help would be greatly appreciated

 

I'm not really adding any significant to this thread, but I actually have the same problem. To me it sounds like it's coming from the transmission. And it's also very faint correct? However, mine only seems to occur at a very low rpm, and usually when starting off at 1st gear, or shifting to 2nd and 3rd, while being under 2k RPM.

 

OP, when was your last valve lash adjustment? You probably need one.